We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
FRANCIS CHANWhere it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but their lives look nothing like His, and they’re not obeying the things that He called them to do.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.
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The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.
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Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.
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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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I don’t have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
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Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
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Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
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We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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